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Legendary WA broadcaster Dennis Cometti has called for no premiership or or Brownlow Medal to be awarded in 2020 in what he believes is a season compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This season has already been halted and reduced by the coronavirus outbreak and Cometti believes with the immediate future still so unclear there could not be a “serious competition based on what is pretty flimsy ground”.

“I can understand all that is going here, but at the same time I don’t think there should be a premiership or a Brownlow Medal,” Cometti told Mix94.5.

“I just feel strongly about that because this (coronavirus) is a stand-alone world event.

“This isn’t over, so playing says more about Australia’s spirit than it does about a cup or a medal.

Camera IconDennis Cometti does not believe there should be a premier or Brownlow Medal awarded this year. Credit: Colin Murty/News Corp Australia

“I think they should just drop the idea of it being a competition because it’s so lopsided and so strange that nobody knows what they are doing in two weeks’ time.”

Cometti described the upcoming matches, which include six teams including West Coast and Fremantle in a Queensland hub, as “exhibition games”.

“These players are going to be finding the surrounds and everything about what they are doing out of character,” he said.

“So it’s going to be a tough time for them.

“Everyone thinks of them as being an elite group simply because of what they have done so far and that is break what most people are doing, break the cycle in terms of what restrictions are placed on regular members of the community.

“As a football man I think this would be a very awkward situation to be in. Particularly if you are playing golf with the bloke you are playing against the next weekend. If they let them play golf that’s the end.”